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Re:The Town of Innisfil partners with Uber for transit inste... by tblair on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @12:24AM (#14039627)
I think you're almost right. If the federal government built it and amortized the cost across every town/city in Canada then it could very well be cheaper. I think siblings are correct that a one off would be a mistake though.
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Re:The Town of Innisfil partners with Uber for transit inste... by pbourke on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @01:03AM (#14039802)
> If the federal government built it

Things working the way they do, the government could not build a system that even approaches a service like Uber.

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Re:The Town of Innisfil partners with Uber for transit inste... by astrange on Wednesday April 05, 2017 @12:35PM (#14043347)
Anyone can build Uber. The hard part is their business model of convincing drivers to lose money working for you.
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